Luke 11:16

11:16 Others, to test ¹  him, ²  began asking for ³  a sign ⁴  from heaven.

Luke 6:19

6:19 The ⁵  whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power ⁶  was coming out from him and healing them all.

Luke 22:2

22:2 The ⁷  chief priests and the experts in the law ⁸  were trying to find some way ⁹  to execute ¹⁰  Jesus, ¹¹  for they were afraid of the people. ¹² 

Luke 5:18

5:18 Just then ¹³  some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man ¹⁴  on a stretcher. ¹⁵  They ¹⁶  were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus. ¹⁷ 

Luke 19:47

19:47 Jesus ¹⁸  was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law ¹⁹  and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate ²⁰  him,

[11:16]  ¹ tn Grk “testing”; the participle is taken as indicating the purpose of the demand.

[11:16]  ² tn The pronoun “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[11:16]  ³ tn Grk “seeking from him.” The imperfect ἐζήτουν (ezhtoun) is taken ingressively. It is also possible to regard it as iterative (“kept on asking”).

[11:16]  ⁴ sn What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.

[6:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:19]  ⁶ sn There was a recognition that there was great power at work through Jesus, the subject of a great debate in 11:14-23. Luke highlights Jesus’ healing ministry (5:17; 6:18; 7:7; 8:47; 9:11, 42; 14:4; 17:15; 18:42-43; 22:51; Acts 10:38).

[22:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[22:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[22:2]  ¹¹ tn Grk “were seeking how.”

[22:2]  ¹² tn The Greek verb here means “to get rid of by execution” (BDAG 64 s.v. ἀναιρέω 2; cf. also L&N 20.71, which states, “to get rid of someone by execution, often with legal or quasi-legal procedures”).

[22:2]  ¹³ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ¹⁴ sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him. The verb were trying is imperfect. It suggests, in this context, that they were always considering the opportunities.

[5:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “And behold.” Here καὶ ἰδού (kai idou) has been translated as “just then” to indicate the somewhat sudden appearance of the men carrying the paralytic. The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1), especially in conjunction with the suddenness of the stretcher-bearers’ appearance.

[5:18]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “a man who was paralyzed”; the relative clause in Greek has adjectival force and has been simplified to a simple adjective in the translation.

[5:18]  ¹⁵ tn Traditionally, “on a bed,” but this could be confusing to the modern reader who might envision a large piece of furniture. In various contexts, κλίνη (klinh) may be translated “bed, couch, cot, stretcher, or bier” (in the case of a corpse). See L&N 6.106.

[5:18]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “stretcher, and.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Instead, because of the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was begun here in the translation.

[5:18]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:47]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:47]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[19:47]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “to destroy.”